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Police make third arrest in Wendy's robbery

Courtesy of the Chatham County sheriff's office Tony Conyers

Savannah-Chatham police arrested a former Wendy’s employee Friday in the Dec. 29 robbery that left 27-year-old William Martin Clark dead.

Tony Conyers, a 41-year-old resident of the 300 block of Mapmaker Lane, is being charged with being a party to the crime of armed robbery. Police say Conyers was closing the restaurant with 22-year-old manager Robert Cody Dasher on the night the Wendy’s was robbed. He’s since been fired.

Arrests

U.S. Marshals on Wednesday arrested 28-year-old Ronnie James Holder, believed to have robbed the Wilmington Island Wendy’s with Clark, whom police say was shot dead by Dasher.

Holder had untreated bullet wounds when he was found in a trailer park in central Georgia’s Putnam County, police say. He is believed to have been shot three times during the robbery and had both genital and leg wounds. Holder was extradited to Savannah on Friday.

Savannah-Chatham police took Conyers into custody without incident Friday afternoon.

Homicide Sgt. Robert Gavin thanked the public for providing tips on the robbery.

“This was hard work done by the homicide and forensics units,” he said, “but also great community involvement that allowed us to bring this investigation to a close.”

The crime

Dasher was held up at 12:55 a.m. as he was closing the Wendy’s located on U.S. 80 near Johnny Mercer Boulevard.

According to a police report, an employee left a door open after taking out the trash, and two men, their faces covered and wearing black, accosted Dasher inside the restaurant, putting a gun to his head, forcing him into an office and robbing him.

The robbers made off with an undisclosed amount of cash, running east toward Johnny Mercer Boulevard. Police say Dasher went for his handgun, shooting Clark in the head in Blue Fin Circle, a commercial drive that runs off U.S. 80 to the Wendy’s.

Dasher told police Clark pointed a pistol at him just before he shot him.

Clark, who lived in the 800 block of Wexler Street, had two $5 bills and a silver revolver in his left hand when he was found dead in the street, police say. A black T-shirt was covering his face.

Bryan Saba, chief operations officer for the Wilmington Island Wendy’s franchise, has said Dasher was not barred from carrying a gun while on duty and will keep his job.